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CVE-2006-2450

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Description

auth.c in LibVNCServer 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a request in which the client specifies an insecure security type such as "Type 1 - None", which is accepted even if it is not offered by the server, a different issue than CVE-2006-2369.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2797

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18977

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442986/100/0/threaded

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=431724&group_id=32584

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-19.xml

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-12.xml

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-05.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/24525

http://secunia.com/advisories/21405

http://secunia.com/advisories/21393

http://secunia.com/advisories/21349

http://secunia.com/advisories/21179

http://secunia.com/advisories/20940

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/29

http://libvncserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/libvncserver/libvncserver/libvncserver/auth.c?r1=1.11&r2=1.14&diff_format=u

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=376824

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-18

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0185

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